The first Singles Tournament in Austin just finished. Twenty two players showed up. It was a fabulous day. We started at 8:30 am and finished by 3:30 pm. Even so, the games were not timed and played up to 13 points. That was great, because we had a full day of petanque and still went home early. The winner is Clark Orwick from the famous Ded Bob Show. I taught the game to my friend Clark about 15 years ago. He kept on playing casually at every Renaissance Faire where he performs. But today he showed his talent and left no chance to any of us. He won against some of the top players in Texas. The final was against Rick Armstrong. Clark started strong with a 4/0 4/2 4/4 Rick took over with a 7/4 Clark came back 7/7 and started 8/7 10/7 Rick battled…

Are you familiar with pétanque? “It’s a boules game comparable to bocce and lawn bowling, but played with steel balls that is growing in popularity throughout the country,” explains the Heart of Texas Pétanque Club (HOT PC) in a press release about their annuel tournament this weekend, from 9:30 am at the historic Browning Hangar in the Mueller neighborhood on Saturday.